the church was too rich/extravagent and given over to pomp and ceremony

Bernard of Clairvaux

Pasce verbo, pasce vita - feed with the word and your life

Bernard of Clairvaux

you believe in order to know

Anselm, in Proslogion

you know God because of His creation

Anselm, in Proslogion

we move from thought to God

Anselm, in Proslogion

God is "That than which nothing greater can be concieved

Anselm, in Proslogion

Man has obligation to pay for sin but no ability. God has ability but no obligation. In Christ the two combine

Anselm, in Cur Deus Homo

Constantinople is of "equal rank in ecclesiastical matters" with Rome

stated at both Constantinople (381) and Chalcedon (451)

the care of the universal church should converge toward Peter's one chair

Pope Leo I (Leo the Great)

attacked pelagianism and stressed God's grace and irresistible will as the ultimate cause of events

Thomas Bradwardine

the primary characteristic of God isn't how He thinks, but what he chooses to do/The Divine will takes precedence over the divine intellect: God does anything he chooses

John Duns Scotus, proponant of Voluntarism.

Critical of philosophy of Aquinas which attempted to harmonize Aristotle with Christianity. Argued that faith was a matter of will and could not be supported by logical proofs: we can only know the existance of God through faith.

John Duns Scotus

we can only know the existance of God through faith

John Duns Scotus

Argued that faith was a matter of will and could not be supported by logical proofs

John Duns Scotus

Wrote book Christians could use in debate using natural reason since opponents won't accept authority of scripture.

Thomas Aquinas

Argued for God as origen and goal of all things.

Thomas Aquinas

Said creation mirrors creator in five ways.

Thomas Aquinas

Things experience a mover; effects have a cause; contingent beings depend on a necessary being; the truth comes from the True; the world has a designer: GOD

Thomas Aquinas

Attempted to harmonize Arisotole with Christianity

Thomas Aquinas

There's a place for theology AND philosophy: faith and reason are independent but complementary. (You understand some through reason and some through faith)

Thomas Aquinas

The principle of analogy: God is revealed in our terms without being reduced to our level.

Thomas Aquinas

Precise definitions: concern for speaking very clearly, technically and scientifically

Thomas Aquinas

admired Thomas as a Christian but didn't think much of him as a theologian

Luther

pointed out that Thomas had an incomplete view of fall, saying will was fallen but intellect was not

Francis Schaeffer

Calvin pretty much ignored him

Thomas Aquinas

In the end, still uses percentage theology, though he makes our percentage very small.

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